State-schools lenient with students from states with no med schools?

[majiatas]

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I've been going through the enormous amount of state medical schools and I'm becoming more and more discouraged about my chances at any of them, as the vast majority give high preference to, or only accept, students from that state. My problem here is that I am from Rhode Island, a delightful little state with no medical schools except for Brown.

I know the obvious answer is probably "no" but I was wondering (or hoping?) if someone could tell me how state schools view applicants from states that do not have their own med school. Would they be slightly more lenient and/or less likely to throw that applicant into the out-of-state bin, or is this really a non-issue for them?

Part of my question stems from my experience with a sort of consortium that exists with New England state undergrad schools in which a student wishing to pursue a certain major at a state school (say, UMass) that does not exist at their own state school (say, URI) is charged a lesser tuition (quite close to in-state). I know RI isn't the only state without a med school, but I'd still like to know if there is some sort of camaraderie like this, or if these states are viewed at all differently by other state schools.

Thanks!

 

[WinterLights]

I've been going through the enormous amount of state medical schools and I'm becoming more and more discouraged about my chances at any of them, as the vast majority give high preference to, or only accept, students from that state. My problem here is that I am from Rhode Island, a delightful little state with no medical schools except for Brown.

I know the obvious answer is probably "no" but I was wondering (or hoping?) if someone could tell me how state schools view applicants from states that do not have their own med school. Would they be slightly more lenient and/or less likely to throw that applicant into the out-of-state bin, or is this really a non-issue for them?

Part of my question stems from my experience with a sort of consortium that exists with New England state undergrad schools in which a student wishing to pursue a certain major at a state school (say, UMass) that does not exist at their own state school (say, URI) is charged a lesser tuition (quite close to in-state). I know RI isn't the only state without a med school, but I'd still like to know if there is some sort of camaraderie like this, or if these states are viewed at all differently by other state schools.

Thanks!

I dont think that you really need to worry about this extremely technical topic. Do state-schools let in OOSers? Of course the do. Do they favor in-state applicants? Of course they do. Regional schools may take your unfortunate situation into consideration. None of us really know. If you apply broadly, you are bound to get in somewhere. I would be more worried about which in-state schools charge OOS applicants an arm and a leg in tuition. Besides, there are plenty of private medical schools that you can apply to as well.

 

[SirGecko]

Ah, there are some western schools (WICHE schools) that let students from states that really don't have medical schools apply as basically in state or with higher consideration. But since you are from Rhode Island you really don't get that help. I'm not aware of anyone getting extra consideration for being from a state without a public school. (but with a private one)

 

[schismal]

As a New England resident, UCONN would charge you a reduced tuition rate. However, I don't know if you would receive similar favor in the admissions process. On the other hand, UVM would charge you full tuition, and I haven't read anything about them giving admissions preference to New England residents.

 

[majiatas]

I know it's a technical and rather unimportant question, but hey, it's the middle of the summer and I don't have other things to think about, so I figured I'd ask.

I didn't mean to suggest I was looking for, or counting on, that leniency, it was just one of those questions that popped into my head and I thought I'd ask.

Thanks for the responses.

 

[SirGecko]

Its a good question to ask. Sorry that the answer seems to be that you are out of luck on that. Does Brown at least give Rhode Islanders preference? If not then it kinda sucks to be from Rhode Island.

 

[schismal]

Brown Acceptance Rate
In-state: 12.4%
Out-of-state: 3.3%

 

[lol.psych]

Isn't Brown in RI?
GAH sorry. misread your post (rather, didn't see the mention of Brown)
Disregard this comment!

 

[majiatas]

Brown Acceptance Rate
In-state: 12.4%
Out-of-state: 3.3%

That's slightly cheery news! Although considering the vast majority of Brown's med students are from the PLME (combined med and undergrad) program, the chances for anyone (in or out of state) seem pretty slim there.

Thanks for the stats!

 

[schismal]

That's slightly cheery news! Although considering the vast majority of Brown's med students are from the PLME (combined med and undergrad) program, the chances for anyone (in or out of state) seem pretty slim there.

Thanks for the stats!

I don't know anything about that. But for a more specific breakdown, 89 RI residents applied last year. 17 were interviewed and 11 were accepted.

 

[Depakote]

While they aren't specific policies for students without medical schools in their states, some state schools are very open to out of state students (accepting high percentages and offering in-state tuition after the first year).

It would be a good idea to check the MSAR for the most recent stats, but Ohio public schools (Toledo, Cinci and OSU, at least) are typically a populated by a decent volume of OOS students that become IS after the first year (~30-40%). SUNY Upstate and Buffalo are similar, but accept a smaller percentage, still 30-40 students IIRC. I don't know what percentage OOS UMDNJ schools accept but I believe you can gain IS tuition immediately upon matriculation.